Man found dead in Tybee marsh

Tybee Island police are investigating after a man's body was found Sunday afternoon in a marsh. Police Chief Bob Bryson identified the man as Daniel Cason, 31, of Tybee.

Cason had been fishing in his canoe late Saturday night in Horsepen Creek, said Tybee police Lt. Tiffany Hayes, a detective working the case. He left from a friend's house in the canoe, and about 10 p.m., friends noticed his canoe floating by without him in it. They stopped the vessel, but did not call police at the time because he was only going a short distance, Hayes said.

On Sunday, the Cason's mother called looking for her son, and several friends went looking for him. His body was found between 3:30-4 p.m. face down in a marsh off Horsepen Creek, Hayes said.

A cause of death has not been determined, and an autopsy is scheduled this afternoon at the GBI's lab in Savannah.